Biochemical analysis of a papain-like protease isolated from the latex of Asclepias curassavica L.

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-162

  Liggieri, Constanza ^a   Obregón, Walter ^a   Trejo, Sebastián ^b   Priolo, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asclepiadaceae; Asclepias curassavica; cysteine proteinase; latex; laticifers

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA;

ASCLEPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LATEX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCLEPIAS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME STABILITY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KINETICS; LATEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 64249108291     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmn018     Document Type: Article

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